Card and garment holder.



H. J. BELL. CARD AND GARMENT HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAE.11v 1900.

948,840. Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

981i hwpoeo HARRY J. BELL, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARD AND GARMENT HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1910.

Application filed March 11, 1909. Serial No. 482,694.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY J. BELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Leominster, in the county of \Vorcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cardand Garment Holders, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to identification tags adapted to be attached toa garment so as to display in a conspicuous manner a card bearing thename of the owner and also to provide means for suspending from the taga hat-or other articles of wearing apparel so that there will be nochance of the same being taken through mistake.

In carrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above itis contemplated employing a tag the body portion of which is arranged todetachably receive a card or name plate, said body being provided withoppositely projecting arms one of which is adapted for detachableengagement with the collar or other part of a coat or other garment, theother arm or arms being adapted for detachable engagement with a hat,overshoes, and the like, so that the same may be retained with the coatand properly identified by the card or name plate carried by the tagbody.

The essential features of the invention involved in the practicalapplicationv of the invention are necessarily susceptible of changes indetails and structural arrangements, but certain preferred and practicalembodiments thereof are shown in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a plan view of the tag as stamped from a piece of sheetmetal. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the completed tag showing itspractical application. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on theline 8-3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on theline 44, Fig. 2. Fig. 5' is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the tagprovided with two suspending gripping arms.

The improved identification tag is preferably formed from a single pieceof thin sheet metal and is provided with an elongated body portion 1having a slit 2 formed adjacent to each end which may be of angularformation to permit the material to be flexed outwardly and form aspring tongue 3 adjacent to each end. The intermediate portion of saidbody is provided with two oppositely located clips 4: which are made byslitting the said body and upturning the same and thereby provide sideguides and holders for the sides of a card or name plate 5 the ends ofwhich are passed through the slitted portion of the ends of the body 1and held in contact with the underside of the body by means of thespring tongues 3. An arm projects from each side or edge of the body,said arms being designated by the numerals 6 and 7 respectively andbeing centrally located relative to said body. The ends of the said armsmay be serrated, as indicated at 8 if desired, and their edges adjacentto their serrated edges are provided with oppositely disposedoutstanding rounded portions 9 having an opening 10 formed through them,said outstanding portions 9 being turned at right angles to their arm toprovide pivot ears for the reception of a pivot pin 11 upon which ismounted a movable member of a clasp, as designated at 12 and whose frontedge is retained in contact with the serrated edge or end of the arms bymeans of a spring 13 coiled about said pivot pin and bearing upon theunderside of the heel or handhold 14 of the movable clasp member.

In Fig. 5 the same general type of suspending arms are employed asdescribed in connection with the preferred construction, but said arms,which are designated by the numerals 15 and 16 are preferably arrangedin divergent relation.

From the foregoing it will be seen that in all of the described forms ofthe invention the body and the arms are formed from a single piece ofmaterial which may be shaped, slitted, andpunched by a single operationof a suitable machine, after which the arms may be readily arranged forthe attachment thereto of the movable member of the clasps, therebyproviding a simple and eflicient device, which may be produced at asmall cost, and which will retain the various articles of wearingapparel in a compact condition with the mark of ownership thereofdisplayed in a conspicuous manner.

While in the foregoing the invention has been described and illustratedin one form with one suspending arm and in another form with twosuspending arms, it is to be understood that such arrangement of armsmay be greatly Varied, and if necessary or desirable the body might beenlarged and provided with more arms.

hat I claim as my invention is A device of the character describedcomprising an elongated body having its intermediate portion providedwith oppositely disposed integral holding clips and its ends slitted toprovide spring tongues whereby an identification card may be heldthereon, l0 arms projecting from opposite sides of said body said armsbeing provided with clasps. In testimony whereof I hereunto atfix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY J. BELL. lVitnesses Amen M. BELL, SIDNEY E. BELL.

